Term Name: negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription
Synonyms: down regulation of gene-specific transcription, down regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent, down-regulation of gene-specific transcription, down-regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent, downregulation of gene-specific transcription, downregulation of transcription, DNA-dependent, inhibition of gene-specific transcription, inhibition of transcription, DNA-dependent, negative regulation of cellular transcription, DNA-dependent, negative regulation of gene-specific transcription, negative regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent, negative regulation of transcription, DNA-templated, transcription repressor activity
Definition: Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of cellular DNA-templated transcription.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0045892]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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has parts: DNA-binding transcription repressor activity transcription corepressor activity
is a type of: biological regulation negative regulation of RNA biosynthetic process regulation of DNA-templated transcription
has subtype: carbon catabolite repression of transcription negative regulation of antisense RNA transcription negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription initiation negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription, elongation negative regulation of lncRNA transcription negative regulation of mating-type specific transcription, DNA-templated negative regulation of miRNA transcription negative regulation of termination of DNA-templated transcription negative regulation of transcription by competitive promoter binding negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase I negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase III negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase V negative regulation of transcription by transcription factor catabolism negative regulation of transcription by transcription factor localization nitrogen catabolite repression of transcription
negatively regulates: DNA-templated transcription